VCR Lesson 7
Raivyn McNeal-Tidwell
The man was ******** dead after the ship sank and he could not be found.
PRESUMPTION
noun
- Arrogance; excessive self-assurance; unbecoming boldness.
- Grounds for belief; assumption or supposition.
Alternate Forms
v. presume
n. presumptuousness
adj. presumptive
adj. presumptuous
ASSUME VS PRESUME
ASSUME
To assume is to believe something without any proof
PRESSUME
To presume means to be sure of something before it happened. To presume is to suppose something without proof like to assume but it is based on probability.
SYNONYMS
First Definition
- assurance
- pretension
- self-absorption
- narcissism
Second Definition
- likelihood
- hunch
ANTONYMS
First Definition
- Care (about others)
- fear
- cowardliness
Second Definition
- fact
- unlikelihood
- disbelief
Choose the sentence where presume is used incorrectly.
- The knife that was found beside the body was presumed as the murder weapon.
- In the American legal system it is presumed that one is innocent till proven guilty.
- The teacher was mad at Nancy for being late to class again, so I think we can presume that she will be on time tomorrow.
- I know that Claudia did not feel well yesterday, so I presume she is absent because she is sick.